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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#Safety">Safety</a><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#Locale">Locale Support</a><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#PosArguments">Positional Arguments</a><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="Performance">Performance</a><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="Footprint">Binary Footprint</a><br>
<a href="#Wording">Proposed Wording</a><br>
<a href="#References">References</a><br>
......@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ Therefore we propose a new syntax based on the ones used in Python
<a href="#3">[3]</a>, the .NET family of languages <a href="#4">[4]</a>,
and Rust <a href="#5">[5]</a>. This syntax employs <code>'{'</code> and
<code>'}'</code> as replacement field delimiters instead of <code>'%'</code>
and it is described in details in TODO:link. Here are some of the advantages:
and it is described in details in the <a href="#SyntaxRef">syntax reference</a>.
Here are some of the advantages:
</p>
<ul>
......@@ -287,7 +289,7 @@ arguments because the word order may vary in different languages
</p>
<pre class="example">
<code>printf("String `%s' has %d characters\n", string, length(string)))</code>
<code>printf("String `%s' has %d characters\n", string, length(string)));</code>
</pre>
<p>A possible German translation of the format string might be:</p>
......@@ -299,12 +301,12 @@ arguments because the word order may vary in different languages
<p>
using POSIX positional arguments <a href="#2">[2]</a>. Unfortunately these
positional specifiers are not portable <a href="#6">[6]</a>. The C++ I/O
streams don't support positional arguments by design because formatting
arguments are interleaved with the portions of the literal string:
streams don't support such rearranging of arguments by design because they
are interleaved with the portions of the literal string:
</p>
<pre class="example">
<code>std::cout << "String `" << string << "' has " << length(string) << " characters\n"</code>
<code>std::cout << "String `" << string << "' has " << length(string) << " characters\n";</code>
</pre>
<p>
......@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ arguments, for example:
</p>
<pre class="example">
<code>std::format("String `{}' has {} characters\n", string, length(string)))</code>
<code>std::format("String `{}' has {} characters\n", string, length(string)));</code>
</pre>
<p>with the German translation of the format string:</p>
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<pre>
<code>namespace std {
class format_error;
class format_args;
template &lt;class Char&gt;
basic_string&lt;Char&gt; format(const Char *fmt, format_args args);
basic_string&lt;Char&gt; format(const Char* fmt, format_args args);
template &lt;class Char, class ...Args&gt;
basic_string&lt;Char&gt; format(const Char *fmt, const Args&amp;... args);
basic_string&lt;Char&gt; format(const Char* fmt, const Args&amp;... args);
}</code>
</pre>
<h3>Format string syntax</h3>
<h3><a name="SyntaxRef">Format string syntax</a></h3>
<p>
Format strings contain <em>replacement fields</em> surrounded by curly braces
<code>{}</code>. Anything that is not contained in braces is considered literal
text, which is copied unchanged to the output. A brace character can be
included in the literal text by doubling: <code>{{</code> and <code>}}</code>.
The syntax for replacement fields is as follows:
</p>
<pre>
<code>replacement-field ::= '{' [arg-id] [':' format-spec] '}'
arg-id ::= integer
integer ::= digit+
digit ::= '0'...'9'
digit ::= '0'...'9'</code>
</pre>
<!-- The notation is the same as in n4296 22.4.3.1. -->
......@@ -373,6 +385,61 @@ type ::= int-type | 'a' | 'A' | 'c' | 'e' | 'E' | 'f' | 'F' | 'g' | 'G'
int-type ::= 'b' | 'B' | 'd' | 'o' | 'x' | 'X'</code>
</pre>
<h3>Class <code>format_error</code></h3>
<pre>
<code>class format_error : public std::runtime_error {
public:
explicit format_error(const string& what_arg);
explicit format_error(const char* what_arg);
};</code>
</pre>
<p>
The class <code>format_error</code> defines the type of objects thrown as
exceptions to report errors from the formatting library.
</p>
<dl>
<dt><code>format_error(const string& what_arg);</code></dt>
<dd>
<p><i>Effects</i>: Constructs an object of class <code>format_error</code>.</p>
<p><i>Postcondition</i>: <code>strcmp(what(), what_arg.c_str()) == 0</code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>format_error(const char* what_arg);</code></dt>
<dd>
<p><i>Effects</i>: Constructs an object of class <code>format_error</code>.</p>
<p><i>Postcondition</i>: <code>strcmp(what(), what_arg) == 0</code>.</p>
</dd>
<h3>Function template <code>format</code></h3>
<dl>
<dt>
<pre>
<code>template &lt;class Char&gt;
basic_string&lt;Char&gt; format(const Char* fmt, format_args args);
template &lt;class Char, class ...Args&gt;
basic_string&lt;Char&gt; format(const Char* fmt, const Args&amp;... args);</code>
</pre>
</dt>
<dd>
<p><i>Requires</i>: <code>fmt</code> shall not be a null pointer.</p>
<p>
<i>Effects</i>: Each function returns a <code>basic_string</code> object
constructed from the format string argument <code>fmt</code> with each
replacement field substituted with the character representation of the
argument it refers to, formatted according to the specification given in the
field.
</p>
<p><i>Returns</i>: The formatted string.</p>
<p><i>Throws</i>: <code>format_error</code> if <code>fmt</code> is not a valid
format string.</p>
</dd>
<h2><a name="Implementation">Implementation</a></h2>
<p>
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